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Buddhism
Buddhist sacred sites trace the movement of teachings, relics, monastic communities, cave practice, stupas, temples, and pilgrimage routes across Asia and beyond.
737 sacred places share this lineage. Use the country links to narrow in.
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Buddhism sacred sites connect places through shared lineage, ritual use, memory, and pilgrimage practice across the Pilgrim Map atlas.
Use this page to compare country clusters, common place types, UNESCO-tagged landmarks, and the map distribution before exploring individual site pages.
| Coverage | 737 Buddhism sacred places in the current atlas. |
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| UNESCO heritage | 75 UNESCO-tagged Buddhism sites appear in this browse view. |
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Vĩnh Tràng Pagoda
Mỹ Phong, Đồng Tháp, Vietnam
Vĩnh Tràng Pagoda is a major Mahayana Buddhist center near Mỹ Tho. Its mixed architectural vocabulary surrounds living worship of Śākyamuni Buddha and bodhisattvas, along...
Vrang Buddhist Stupa and Temple
Vrang / Ishkoshim District, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, Tajikistan
Vrang Buddhist Stupa and Temple is a documented archaeological site in Vrang / Ishkoshim District, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, Tajikistan, connected with...
Wangdue Phodrang Dzong
Dzonkhag Thromde, Wangdue Phodrang, Bhutan
Wangdue Phodrang Dzong was built in 1638 by Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal, fulfilling an 800-year-old prophecy that an emanation of Naropa would build a palace on an...
Wat Arun
Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
Wat Arun first appears as a brilliant vertical marker on the Thonburi bank, but the river view is only an introduction....
Wat Benchamabophit
Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
Wat Benchamabophit is known as the Marble Temple, yet imported stone is only its outer threshold....
Wat Bowonniwet
Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
Wat Bowonniwet is a royal monastery whose significance rests in ordination, study, reform, and a lineage linking the monk-prince Mongkut with later Thai kings and senior...
Wat Chaiwatthanaram
Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Thailand
Wat Chaiwatthanaram presents a deliberate hierarchy: a dominant central prang, surrounding towers, galleries, and the Chao Phraya at the edge of the composition....
Wat Chalong
Chalong, Phuket, Thailand
Wat Chalong, formally Wat Chai Tharam, is Phuket's major living monastery and a center of devotion to the Buddha and revered monks Luang Pho Chaem and Luang Pho Chuang....
Wat Chamthewi
Lamphun, Lamphun, Thailand
Wat Chamthewi, also called Wat Kukut, is a living Lamphun monastery best known for the stepped Mahapol Chedi with rows of standing Buddhas....
Wat Chang Hai
Khok Pho, Pattani, Thailand
Wat Chang Hai in Pattani is a living Buddhist monastery and major centre of devotion to Luang Pu Thuat....
Wat Chang Lom, Si Satchanalai
Si Satchanalai, Sukhothai, Thailand
Wat Chang Lom stands near the centre of Si Satchanalai, where thirty-nine full-bodied stucco elephants encircle a Sri Lankan-form principal chedi....
Wat Chang Rop
Kamphaeng Phet, Kamphaeng Phet, Thailand
Wat Chang Rop crowns a laterite hill in Kamphaeng Phet's aranyik forest-monastery zone....
Wat Chedi Chet Thaeo
Si Satchanalai, Sukhothai, Thailand
Wat Chedi Chet Thaeo is a major archaeological temple within Si Satchanalai, component 002 of UNESCO property 574....
Wat Chedi Luang
Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Wat Chedi Luang holds several centers at once: a vast damaged Lanna chedi, an active monastery, Buddha images, and Chiang Mai's Inthakhil city pillar....
Wat Chiang Man
Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Wat Chiang Man ties Chiang Mai's foundation to two compact but highly revered Buddha images....
Wat Hong Thong
Bang Pakong, Chachoengsao, Thailand
Wat Hong Thong, also called Wat Klang Na, is a living Bang Pakong monastery where a causeway crosses mangrove shore to an ordination hall and the three-level Phra That...
Wat Kalayanamit
Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
Wat Kalayanamit is a living Theravada royal monastery on the Chao Phraya, centered on the monumental Buddha Phra Phuttha Trai Rattananayok, known affectionately as Luang...
Wat Langka, Phnom Penh
Khan Boeng Keng Kang, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Wat Langka is one of the five original pagodas established when King Ponhea Yat founded Phnom Penh in 1442....
Wat Lokayasutharam
Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Thailand
At Wat Lokayasutharam, a monumental reclining Buddha remains legible while most of its enclosing monastery has disappeared....
Wat Luang
Pakse, Champasak, Laos
On the banks of the Se Don in Pakse, Wat Luang is among the oldest and largest temples in the city....
Wat Mahabut and Mae Nak Shrine
Bangkok, Thailand
Within Bangkok’s Wat Mahabut, the Mae Nak shrine keeps a famous story close to the canal landscape where it is told....
Wat Mahathat, Ayutthaya
Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Thailand
Wat Mahathat was Ayutthaya's central royal monastery, built around a principal prang that Fine Arts records say enshrined Buddha relics....
Wat Mahathat, Sukhothai
Mueang Kao, Sukhothai, Thailand
Wat Mahathat occupied the ritual centre of Sukhothai. Its lotus-bud principal chedi, encircling disciple reliefs, image halls, inscriptions, and roughly two hundred...
Wat Mangkon Kamalawat
Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
Wat Mangkon Kamalawat, widely called Leng Noei Yi, is Bangkok's principal Chinese Buddhist monastery....
Wat Manorom
Luang Prabang, Luang Prabang, Laos
Wat Manorom holds quiet significance among Luang Prabang's many temples. Founded in the 14th century during the golden age of the Lan Xang Kingdom, this active monastery...
Wat Muang Kang
Mouang Kang, Champasak, Laos
On the Mekong a short ride from Champasak town, Wat Muang Kang is the region's oldest active temple....
Wat Muang, Ang Thong
Wiset Chai Chan, Ang Thong, Thailand
Wat Muang is a revived Ang Thong monastery dominated by the ninety-five-metre Luang Pho Yai Buddha....
Wat Na Phra Men
Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Thailand
Wat Na Phra Men is an active monastery north of Ayutthaya's former royal palace....
Wat Nang Phaya, Si Satchanalai
Si Satchanalai, Sukhothai, Thailand
Wat Nang Phaya is a protected Buddhist ruin inside Si Satchanalai Historical Park....
Wat Ounalom, Phnom Penh
Khan Daun Penh, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Wat Ounalom is the most important Buddhist monastery in Cambodia, headquarters of the Mahanikaya Order and residence of the Supreme Patriarch....
Wat Pa Lelai Worawihan
Suphan Buri, Suphan Buri, Thailand
Wat Pa Lelai Worawihan is a living Suphan Buri monastery centered on Luang Pho To, a monumental Buddha image in the Pa Lelai posture....
Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaeo
Khun Han, Si Sa Ket, Thailand
Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaeo, popularly called Wat Lan Khuat or the Million Bottle Temple, is a living Si Sa Ket monastery whose buildings incorporate large quantities of...
Wat Pa Phu Kon
Na Yung, Udon Thani, Thailand
According to the temple and government tourism directory, Wat Pa Phu Kon is a living forest monastery in Na Yung, not merely the hall containing its famous white-marble...
Wat Pha Lat
Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Wat Pha Lat is a living forest monastery on Doi Suthep's slope above Chiang Mai....
Wat Pha Nam Thip Thep Prasit Wanaram
Nong Phok, Roi Et, Thailand
Wat Pha Nam Thip Thep Prasit Wanaram is a Roi Et Buddhist monastery known for Phra Maha Chedi Chai Mongkhon, a large modern chedi set high in the province's forested...
Wat Phanan Choeng
Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Thailand
Wat Phanan Choeng predates Ayutthaya's formal founding and remains an intensely active monastery....
Wat Pho
Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
Wat Pho is a royal Bangkok monastery where the immense Reclining Buddha, teaching inscriptions, massage tradition, chedis, and active worship belong to one precinct....
Wat Phousalao
Pakse, Champasak, Laos
On a hill across the Mekong from Pakse, Wat Phousalao crowns its summit with a large seated golden Buddha that gazes over the city and river....
Wat Phra Borommathat Chaiya
Chaiya, Surat Thani, Thailand
Wat Phra Borommathat Chaiya is an active royal monastery centered on a major southern Thai relic monument....
Wat Phra Kaeo Don Tao Suchadaram
Lampang, Lampang, Thailand
Wat Phra Kaeo Don Tao Suchadaram is Lampang's principal monastery and a major station in the remembered journey of the Emerald Buddha....
Wat Phra Kaeo, Kamphaeng Phet
Kamphaeng Phet, Kamphaeng Phet, Thailand
Wat Phra Kaeo was the principal temple within Kamphaeng Phet's walled city. Its long east-west sequence contains halls, stupas, an elephant-supported chedi, and three...
Wat Phra Kaew, Chiang Rai
Chiang Rai, Chiang Rai, Thailand
Wat Phra Kaew in Chiang Rai is remembered as the place where the Emerald Buddha was discovered after a chedi was damaged....
Wat Phra Mahathat Woramahawihan
Nakhon Si Thammarat, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand
Wat Phra Mahathat Woramahawihan is Nakhon Si Thammarat's great relic monastery and, as of 2026, UNESCO World Heritage property 1761....
Wat Phra Phutthabat
Phra Phutthabat, Saraburi, Thailand
Wat Phra Phutthabat is Saraburi's principal Buddhist pilgrimage temple, centered on a footprint venerated as the Buddha's....
Wat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat Chaliang
Si Satchanalai, Sukhothai, Thailand
Wat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat Chaliang combines an archaeological monument with a living first-class royal monastery....
Wat Phra Si Sanphet
Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Thailand
The three chedis of Wat Phra Si Sanphet identify the former ceremonial heart of Ayutthaya's royal palace....
Wat Phra Singh
Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Wat Phra Singh is a living Lanna monastery whose identity turns on Phra Buddha Sihing, the image that gave the temple its present name....
Wat Phra That Chae Haeng
Phu Phiang, Nan, Thailand
Wat Phra That Chae Haeng is Nan's principal Lanna relic shrine. Its golden chedi is associated with Buddha relics brought from Sukhothai, the Chu That birth-year tradition...
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Buddhism sacred-site questions
What are Buddhism sacred sites?
Buddhism sacred sites are places connected by shared lineage, practice, memory, ritual use, or pilgrimage tradition.
Where can I find Buddhism sacred sites?
The strongest country clusters in this guide include Japan, Thailand, South Korea, China, Bhutan, Vietnam.
What kinds of places are included?
The guide includes sacred landscapes, pilgrimage places, and ritual or historical sites where available.
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